Toward a preventive approach to prolonged grief disorder in palliative care: Insecure attachment moderates the impact of perceived support on the severity of symptoms

Abstract

Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationships between the perceived support at the time of assistance, insecure attachment (i.e., avoidance and anxious attachment factors), and the prolonged grief symptoms in family caregivers of palliative care patients deceased for at least one year. We also investigated the moderating role of insecure attachment in the relationship between perceived support and intensity of prolonged grief symptoms.